sport.wikisort.org - AthleteHenry Carr (November 27, 1941 – May 29, 2015) was an American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2]
American track and field athlete (1941–2015)
For other people named Henry Carr, see Henry Carr (disambiguation).
Henry Carr
 Carr (center) at the 1964 Olympics |
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Born | (1941-11-27)November 27, 1941 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
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Died | May 29, 2015(2015-05-29) (aged 73) Griffin, Georgia, U.S. |
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Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
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Weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
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American football player
Football career |
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Position: | Safety |
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Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
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Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) |
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College: | Arizona State |
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NFL Draft: | 1965 / Round: 4 / Pick: 43 |
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AFL Draft: | 1965 / Round: Red Shirt 3 / Pick: 21 (By the Kansas City Chiefs)[1] |
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- New York Giants (1965–1967)
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
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Sport | Sprint running |
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Club | Phoenix Olympic Club |
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Personal best(s) | 100 yd – 9.3 (1963) 100 m – 10.2 (1964) 200 m – 20.1 (1964) 400 – 45.4 (1963)[2] |
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Early life
Born in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1941,[3] Carr moved with his family to Detroit, Michigan when he was young.[4]
Prior to bringing his athletic talents to Arizona State University (ASU), Carr was a state champion sprinter for Northwestern High School in Detroit having posted a 100-yard time of 9.3 seconds. While competing for the ASU Sun Devils, he won three national titles; along the way setting world records at 220 yards and as a member of the Sun Devil 4 x 440 yard relay team.
Henry Carr won the 1963 NCAA title at 200 meters in 20.5; the same year he ran 20.69 to tie Paul Drayton for the USA title. Twice that season Carr ran world records; a non-ratified 20.4 for 220 yards and, three days later in a college triangular meet, a 20.3 for 220 yards. Henry Carr ran even faster in 1964; setting a world record of 20.2 for 220 yards. He also defeated Drayton into second place to win the national title.[5]
Olympics
It was at the 1964 Olympics where Carr would achieve his greatest fame; Carr won the 200 meters (in an Olympic Record time) and anchored the winning 4 x 400 meter relay team to a world record 3:00.7 (with Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee and Ulis Williams).
Carr had a fright in his qualification for the Olympics. He had won the semi-final trials held in New York in July and only had to prove his fitness at the final trials in September in Los Angeles. However, he was well beaten into fourth place in the final there and with only 3 to qualify he could have been eliminated. His earlier win was enough though to convince the selectors that he should go to the Olympics.[6][7][8]
Following the Olympics, Carr played American football in the National Football League. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1965 NFL Draft by the New York Giants and played three seasons as a safety and cornerback with the Giants. In his last year with them he was hampered by a knee injury.[4]
In 1969, he had a try-out with the Detroit Lions but quit their training camp.[9]
Personal life
After he left the NFL he found difficulty in adjusting and finding work. He found new purpose in 1973 when he became a Jehovah's Witness.[2][4] In the mid-1970s he was described as living a simple life with his family outside Atlanta, Georgia.[10] In later life, Carr became a Jehovah's Witness elder, and was reported to have done contracting work and owned a restaurant.[4] He died of cancer on May 29, 2015 in Griffin, Georgia.[11]
Accolades and awards
Carr was a 1975 Charter inductee in the Arizona State Sun Devils Athletics Hall of Fame.[12] In 1997, he was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame.[13]
World records
Carr set the following world records during his track career:[14]
- 220 y of 20.3 s at Tempe, Arizona on March 23, 1963 in a tri Meet ASU-Utah-USC;
- 4×440 y of 3:04.5 at Walnut, California on April 27, 1963 at the Mt. SAC Relays for the ASU;
- 220 y of 20.2 s at Tempe, Arizona on April 4, 1964 in a dual meet ASU-SC Striders;
- 4 × 400 m of 3:00.7 at Tokyo, Japan on October 21, 1964 in the Olympic final.
Note: he also ran a 20.4 s for 220 y on March 19, 1963 that was never ratified as a world record.
World rankings
Carr was ranked among the best in the US and the world in the 100, 200 and 400 m sprint events in the period 1962-64, according to the votes of the experts of Track and Field News.[15][16][17][18][19][20]
100 meters
Year |
World rank |
US rank |
1962 |
6th |
4th |
1963 |
3rd |
2nd |
1964 |
6th |
3rd |
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200 meters
Year |
World rank |
US rank |
1962 |
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1963 |
1st |
1st |
1964 |
1st |
1st |
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400 meters
Year |
World rank |
US rank |
1962 |
- |
- |
1963 |
5th |
4th |
1964 |
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5th |
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References
- "1965 AFL Draft". Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- Henry Carr Archived May 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference
- Richard Goldstein (June 7, 2015) Henry Carr, Olympic Sprinter and a Football Giant, Dies at 73. New York Times.
- Richard Goldstein (June 7, 2015). "Henry Carr, Gold Medalist and Then a Giant, Dies at 73". The New York Times.
- "A History Of The Results Of The National Track & Field Championships Of The USA From 1876 Through 2014". Track and Field News. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
- Richard Hymans. "Olympic Trials History". Track and Field News. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- Richard Rothschild (July 24, 1992). "Flexible Rules Helped Carr Rule In '64". Chicago Tribune.
- E L Quercetani & G Pallicca, A World History of Sprint Racing 1850-2005, p 90-91.
- "Carr Quits and Lions cut him". The Milwaukee Sentinel. August 29, 1969.
- Mickey Herskowitz and Steve Perkins (May 29, 1976). "Saturday Sportsline". Lakeland Ledger.
- Jeff Metcalfe (June 2, 2015) ASU, Olympic track champion Henry Carr dies at 73. azcentral.com
- "Men's and Women's Track and Field". Arizona State University Official Athletics Site.
- "Henry Carr". USA Track and Field. Archived from the original on October 27, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- Progression of IAAF World Records 2011 Edition, Editor Imre Matrahazi, IAAF Athletics, p. 462.
- "World Rankings Index--Men's 100 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- "U.S. Rankings Index--Men's 100 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.[permanent dead link]
- "World Rankings Index--Men's 200 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- "U.S. Rankings Index--Men's 200 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.[permanent dead link]
- "World Rankings Index--Men's 400 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.[permanent dead link]
- "U.S. Rankings Index--Men's 400 meters" (PDF). Track and Field News.[permanent dead link]
External links
 Olympic champions in men's 200 metres |
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 Olympic champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay |
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Medley | |
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4 × 400 m |
- 1912:
Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath (USA)
- 1920:
Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davis, Guy Butler (GBR)
- 1924:
Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver Macdonald, William Stevenson (USA)
- 1928:
George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray Barbuti (USA)
- 1932:
Ivan Fuqua, Ed Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr (USA)
- 1936:
Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown (GBR)
- 1948:
Arthur Harnden, Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield (USA)
- 1952:
Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden (JAM)
- 1956:
Charles Jenkins Sr., Lou Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney (USA)
- 1960:
Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis (USA)
- 1964:
Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr (USA)
- 1968:
Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans (USA)
- 1972:
Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang (KEN)
- 1976:
Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks (USA)
- 1980:
Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Viktor Markin (URS)
- 1984:
Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay (USA)
- 1988:
Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds, Antonio McKay, Andrew Valmon (USA)
- 1992:
Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis, Darnell Hall, Charles Jenkins Jr. (USA)
- 1996:
LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank, Jason Rouser (USA)
- 2000:
Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong, Nduka Awazie, Fidelis Gadzama (NGR)
- 2004:
Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson, Andrew Rock, Kelly Willie (USA)
- 2008:
LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, Reggie Witherspoon (USA)
- 2012:
Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller (BAH)
- 2016:
Arman Hall, Tony McQuay, Gil Roberts, LaShawn Merritt, Kyle Clemons, David Verburg (USA)
- 2020:
Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin, Trevor Stewart, Randolph Ross, Vernon Norwood (USA)
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US National Championship winners in men's 200-meter dash |
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1876–1878 New York Athletic Club |
- 1876: Not held
- 1877: Edward Merritt
- 1878: Wm. Willmer
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1879–1888 NAAAA |
- 1879–81: Lon Myers
- 1882–83: Henry Brooks
- 1884: Lon Myers
- 1885–86: Malcolm Ford
- 1887–88Note 1: Fred Westing
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1888–1979 Amateur Athletic Union | |
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1980–1992 The Athletics Congress | |
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1993–onwards USA Track & Field | |
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Notes |
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- *USA: Leading American athlete
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1964 USA Olympic track and field team |
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Men's track and road athletes | | |
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Men's field athletes | |
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Women's track athletes | |
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Women's field athletes | |
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Coaches |
- Bob Giegengack (men's head coach)
- Edward P. Hurt (men's assistant coach)
- Payton Jordan (men's assistant coach)
- Charles Walter (men's assistant coach)
- Ed Temple (women's head coach)
- Jack Griffin (women's assistant coach)
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Kansas City Chiefs 1965 AFL draft selections |
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- Gale Sayers
- Jack Chapple
- Ronnie Caveness
- Mike Curtis
- Otis Taylor
- Frank Pitts
- Smith Reed
- John Wilbur
- Gloster Richardson
- Lou Bobich
- Danny Thomas
- Joe Cerne
- Bob Howard
- Al Piraino
- Mike Cox
- Bob Bonds
- Fred Dotson
- Dave Powless
- Stan Irvine
- Don Croftcheck
- Jerry Smith
- Mike Alford
- Bill Symons
- Alphonse Dotson
- Frank Cornish Jr.
- Henry Carr
- Steve Cox
- John Thomas
- Billy Moore
- Roosevelt Ellerbe
- Bruce McLenna
- Chuck Drulis, Jr.
- Billy Scott
- Lonny Price
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New York Giants 1965 NFL draft selections |
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- Tucker Frederickson
- Chuck Mercein
- Bob Timberlake
- Henry Carr
- Frank Lambert
- Willie Williams
- John Frick
- Ben Crenshaw
- Ernie Koy
- Jim Carroll
- Spider Lockhart
- Olen Underwood
- Mike Giers
- Tom Good
- Dave Powless
- Mike Ciccolella
- Smith Reed
- John Torok
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На других языках
[de] Henry Carr
Henry Joseph Carr (* 27. November 1941[1] in Montgomery, Alabama; † 29. Mai 2015 in Griffin, Georgia)[2][3][4] war ein US-amerikanischer Sprinter und Olympiasieger.
- [en] Henry Carr
[fr] Henry Carr
Henry William Carr, né le 27 novembre 1942 à Montgomery (Alabama) et mort le 29 mai 2015 à Griffin (Géorgie), est un athlète américain, double champion olympique aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1964, ainsi qu'un joueur de football américain.
[it] Henry Carr
Henry William Carr (Montgomery, 27 novembre 1942 – Griffin, 29 maggio 2015) è stato un velocista e giocatore di football americano statunitense, vincitore di due medaglie d'oro ai Giochi olimpici di Tokyo 1964.
[ru] Карр, Генри
Генри Уильям Карр (англ. Henry William Carr; 27 ноября 1942, Монтгомери, Алабама, США — 29 мая 2015, Гриффин, Джорджия, США) — американский легкоатлет, двукратный чемпион летних Олимпийских игр в Токио (1964).
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